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Artist |
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Sam Francis |
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Title |
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Grey
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Medium |
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oil on canvas |
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Size |
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119 x 75.7 in. / 302.3 x 192.4 cm. |
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Year |
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1954 - |
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Description |
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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Grey
signed, titled and dated 'Sam Francis Grey 1954' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
119 x 75¾ in. (302.3 x 192.4 cm.)
Painted in 1954 |
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Misc. |
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Signed, Inscribed |
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Sale Of |
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Christie's New York: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
[Lot 12]
Post War and Contemporary Evening Sale
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Estimate |
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*
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Sold For |
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*
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Provenance |
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Acquired from the artist by the present owner on 13 October 1967
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Exhibition |
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New York, Museum of Modern Art, Twelve Americans, May-September 1956, p. 25 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Toyoko (Hyakkaten) Department Store Gallery and Osaka, Kintetsu Department Store Gallery, Sam Francis, October 1957.
New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Sam Francis, November-December 1958.
San Francisco Museum of Art; Pasadena Art Museum and Seattle Art Museum, Paintings by Sam Francis, Wally Hedrick and Fred Martin; Sculpture by Wally Hendrick and Manuel Neri, February-May 1959, no. 11.
Bern, Kunsthalle, Sam Francis, May-June 1960, no. 19 (illustrated).
Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Arte e Contemplazione, July-October 1961, n.p. (illustrated in color).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1964 (on extended loan).
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts and Berkeley, University Art Museum, Sam Francis: A Retrospective Exhibition, October 1967-February 1968, p. 36, fig. 12 (illustrated).
Basel, Kunsthalle; Karlsruhe, Bädischer Kunstverein and Amsterdam, Stedilijk Museum, Sam Francis, April-November 1968, nos. 15, 22, and 26.
Paris, Centre national d'art contemporain, Sam Francis, December 1968-January 1969, p. 23, fig. 10 (illustrated).
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art, December 1986-January 1988, p. 343.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Geffen Contemporary; Houston, The Menil Collection; Malmö, Konsthall; Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia and Rome, Galleria Communale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Sam Francis: Paintings 1947-1990, March 1999-January 2001, p. 68, pl. 16 (illustrated in color)
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Literature |
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S. Frigerio, "Art et Contemplation au Palais Grassi, Venise," Aujourd'hui, October 1961, no. 6, p. 36.
F. Meyer, "Sam Francis," Quadrum, 1961, no. 10, p. 123 (illustrated).
Y. Tono, Sam Francis: The Flesh of Mist, Tokyo, 1964, pp. 20-21 (illustrated in color).
Y. Michaud, Sam Francis, Paris, 1992, p. 75 (illustrated in color)
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